Social Commentaries
Book VII, Epigram 64: In Gargilanum
Translated by R. Fletcher (1656) · From Ex Otio Negotium (1656)
Social Commentaries
Full twenty years (Gargilian) thou hast lost
In one suit in three Courts to thy great cost.
O mad and wretched! that in strifes dost run
Through twenty years, and mayst be overcome?
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 64: In Gargilanum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/167/.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 64: In Gargilanum.” Translated by R. Fletcher. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/167/.
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